Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn (born March 8, 1959) is an American actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984) and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), Wild Child (2008) and Unknown (2011). He also played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson on the CBS television series Elementary (2012–19).

Quinn has received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his performances in the television films An Early Frost (1985) and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (2007). Highly active in Irish cinema and the United States, Quinn is a four-time Irish Film and Television (IFTA) Award nominee, winning Best Supporting Actor in a Film for the Conor McPherson film The Eclipse (2009).

Filmography (111 Appearances)

Ages of the Moon

TBA

Butterfly in the Typewriter

TBA

Hal

TBA

Little Audrey

TBA

The Body Is Water

TBA

The Well of Saint Nobody

TBA

The Lightkeeper

2026

The Gettysburg Address

2025

The Walsh Sisters

2025

Rematch

2024

Daughter of the Bride

2023

A Journey to Sundance

2023

Blacklight

2022

The American Guest

2021

Spiked

2021

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020

Change in the Air

2018

Arthur Miller: Writer

2017

Stay

2013

Rushlights

2013

If I Were You

2013

The Last Keepers

2013

Allegiance

2012

The Horses of McBride

2012

Festival of Lights

2012

Elementary

2012

The Stand Up

2012

The Greening of Whitney Brown

2011

Muide Éire

2011

Prime Suspect

2011

Unknown

2011

Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright

2010

Blue Bloods

2010

Sarah's Key

2010

Flipped

2010

Jonah Hex

2010

The 5th Quarter

2010

White Collar

2009

A Shine of Rainbows

2009

From Ararat to Zion

2009

Handsome Harry

2009

The Eclipse

2009

Irish Chicago

2009

Wild Child

2008

The Prince of Motor City

2008

Dark Matter

2008

Canterbury's Law

2008

32A

2007

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

2007

The Exonerated

2006

The Book of Daniel

2006

Mayday

2005

Nine Lives

2005

Weeds

2005

Empire Falls

2005

Return to Sender

2004

Shadow of Fear

2004

Miracle Run

2004

Proud

2004

See You in My Dreams

2004

Cavedweller

2004

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius

2004

Plainsong

2004

Song for a Raggy Boy

2003

Benedict Arnold: A Question of Honor

2003

Evelyn

2002

Stolen Summer

2002

Night Visions

2001

Songcatcher

2001

The Prince and the Pauper

2000

Two of Us

2000

Music of the Heart

1999

Third Watch

1999

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

1999

This Is My Father

1999

In Dreams

1999

Practical Magic

1998

Forbidden Territory: Stanley's Search for Livingstone

1997

The Assignment

1997

The View

1997

Commandments

1997

The Irish in America

1997

Michael Collins

1996

Looking for Richard

1996

Lumière & Company

1995

Haunted

1995

The Stars Fell on Henrietta

1995

Out of Ireland

1995

Legends of the Fall

1994

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

1994

Baseball

1994

Blink

1993

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

1993

Benny & Joon

1993

A Private Matter

1992

The Playboys

1992

At Play in the Fields of the Lord

1991

Lies of the Twins

1991

Avalon

1990

The Handmaid's Tale

1990

The Lemon Sisters

1989

Perfect Witness

1989

Crusoe

1989

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

1988

Stakeout

1987

All My Sons

1987

The Mission

1986

An Early Frost

1985

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985

Reckless

1984 Debut

The Late Late Show

1962
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